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Jack Berry House another for McConnell
Jack Berry House approaches the winning post
© Photo Healy Racing
Jack Berry House was beaten by the minimum margin when last seen in Dundalk but the 5/2 favourite made no mistake over the same mile trip today.
He broke smartly for Shane Foley and tracked front-running Chagall throughout.
The four-year-old gelding tackled and headed Chagall racing to the final furlong. A couple of backhanders were administered by Foley inside the final furlong and his mount readily kept on to win by a snug half a length. Well Suited came through for second at 16/1 from Chagall (16/5).
John McConnell said: “He was a bit unlucky not to win the other day.
“He doesn't have to be ridden out the back, it was just the way it unfolded last time.
“He's put together a sequence of nice runs now. We claimed him in Wolverhampton, I have an addiction to claiming races! He wasn't that expensive.
“The lads that own him came to me last year and have had a disaster up to this point, with a couple of horses getting injured and stuff, so I'm delighted for them as they've stuck with me.
“I'm delighted, he's a good, fun, genuine horse.”
Jack Berry House had previously won at Newcastle and Wolverhampton in Britain.
This was McConnell's sixth winner in the last two weeks.
Additional reporting by Gary Carson